Video: Heckled Dave Chappelle Bombs During Charity Set

*Just a month after Dave Chappelle showed up on a New York stage to give a crowd-rousing impromptu performance, the former “Chappelle’s Show” star got booked for an hour-long set at a Miami charity event – but gave the audience puzzled looks instead of laughs.

And apparently Chappelle had some important phone texts that couldn’t wait.

“One woman just yelled, ‘Can you tell a joke so we can enjoy ourselves!’ He got texted four times during his show and actually checked them,” Martin continued. “Then Dave started talking to me, asking if I was putting this on CNN. Yes, from the stage! He’s been on stage 46 minutes & told one joke.”

While Chappelle’s reps have yet to comment on the stand-up snafu, Martin went on to say someone in Chappelle’s camp told him the comedian hates hecklers, and when he started getting heckled on stage that threw him off and he wasn’t able to regain his footing. Eventually, the whole affair turned into a “test of wills,” according to Martin, who said Dave kept “staring at the crowd and sighing.”

He STILL must be considering himself to be some sort of entertainer or he would not be getting paid to be on someone’s stage……..whether charity benefit or not. Answering text messages and phone calls in the middle of your so-called act would certainly render one to appear ‘not wrapped too tight’. Sorry.

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